"Are you leaving?"
The shop was collapsing, and everything inside it was turning into Void. Though Shade had long known that this god was about to enter Slumber, such a swift parting still caught him off guard.
"Where are you going?"
He stood where he was and asked. Only the floor beneath his feet remained unchanged. Nothing strange accompanied the disappearance of everything; all things were simply departing. That was Final Death in its simplest form.
"The Void Slumbering Land."
The god said.
It was a metaphorical expression, and Shade did not investigate it further.
"How am I supposed to find your final work? Do you have any clues?"
Everything around them was like a fading color photograph, gradually returning to black and gray. Only Shade remained unaffected. As an Outlander who did not belong to this point in time, he was protected by the Power of Time.
"You need not deliberately search for it. You will certainly encounter the Gift Box I left behind."
The god said.
"Why?"
"Because I said so."
He smiled at Shade. The colors on His body rapidly faded along with those of the shop. His figure gradually became transparent, heading toward its end together with the toy shop.
He looked at His own hand and shook His head helplessly.
"All things must meet Final Death. That is reality. You need not be sad either."
"Will we meet again?"
Shade asked. Innocent Creator had helped him greatly, and if possible, he hoped to meet the god before him again during the time of his own existence.
"Of course, child from the future. When a certain great event occurs in the future, all Old Gods in Slumber will awaken. Do not ask what it is. That cannot be spoken of."
The god said, but His voice